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Raissa Venables

Biography


BORN
1977, New Paltz, NY

EDUCATION

1999-2002
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College
MFA, Concentration in Photography

1995-1999
Kansas City Art Institute
BFA, Concentration in Photography and Ceramic Sculpture

1993/1994/1997
The Art Student's League of New York
Area of Concentration: Anatomy for Life Drawing

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Raïssa Venables Photography, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Raïssa Venables Fotografie, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Germany
Raïssa Venables Fotografie, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt, Germany

2008
Maybe Too Lofty? Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin, Germany

2007
Raïssa Venables, Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany
Raïssa Venables, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Niederwall, Germany
In the Guest House, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Raïssa Venables, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Raïssa Venables, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany

2006
Digitale Fotografien, Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm, Germany
New Works, Galerie Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany

2005
Intimacies, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

2004
Claustrophobia, Galerie SPHN (Herrmann & Wagner), Berlin, Germany

2003
Opened Rooms and Other Vessels, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
The Inner Eye: Interiors of Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
Staircase on display as part of the Permanent Collection at the Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Radius: Emerging Artists from Connecticut and Southeastern New York
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art + The Ridgefield Guild of Artists Ridgefield, CT, USA

2008
The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
REAL: Selections from the DZ BANK AG Collection Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Carnegie Art Museum, California

2007
R.A.I.R. Works 40, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program 40th Anniversary RMAC, Roswell, NM
The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion – Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Inaugural Exhibition, Colorado Springs, CO
Frozen Moments, Galerie Christa Burger, Munich, Germany

2006
Photos and Phantasy, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Field of Depth: Landscapes as Metaphor in Emerging Photography Latin Collector, NY

2003
0730TOO: Contemporary Art in Jersey City hosted by ProArts and the
Jersey City Museum, curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Jersey City, NJ
Spirit in the House (with Hiroshi Tachibana) The Interfaith Center of New York, New York, NY
IS/WAS, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
The Progressive Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
The Kansas City Mayor’s Office, Kansas City, MO (Temporary Collection, 2000-2002)
DST Corporation, Kansas City, MO
DZ-Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Sammlung Knauthe, Berlin, Germany
GRG Dienstleistunggruppe, Berlin, Germany
UBS Zurich, Switzerland, UBS Hong Kong, UBS Singapore

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2006/2007
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell, NM

2004/2005
Lower Manhatten Cultural Council, LMCC/Workspace 120 Broadway, New York, NY

2004
Galerie SPHN (HERRMANN & WAGNER), Artist-in-Residence Program, Berlin, Germany
Andrew Rhodes Fund for Young Artists, awarded by the Visual Arts Foundation

ARTICLES

2009
Cross, G., Person of Interest: Raïssa Venables, THE Magazine: Sante Fe’s Monthly Art
Magazine, Feb/Mar
Im Sog des Fluchtpunkts, Frankfurter Rundschau, 17-18 Jan.
Hilgenstock, A. Kurz-Kritiken, DIE WELT – Welt Online, 9 Jan .
Erhabene Orte, Weltkunst, Jan, p 68.

2008
Erhabene Orte, TAZ, 12 Dec, p 25.
Kunst: Raïssa Venables, Berliner Zeitung, 5 Dec.
TV production: Kopilak, G.,Pleasantville Connects to the Visual Arts: Raïssa Venables. PCTV, 18-24 Oct.

2007
Raïssa Venables, Vom Sturz der Perspektiven, Kunst im Nordwesten. 30 Dec, p 23.
Klause, D., Stürzende Perspektiven. SCHON, #13 Winter, p 12.
Kern, T., Extreme Perspektiven & Schräge Farben. Niedergrafschaft/Obergrafschaft, 29 Oct,
p 18.
Kunst & Kunstverein in Neuenhaus – Abwechslung & Fügung (cbw) Vechte KURIER p 10-11.
Brillman, R., Rooms with More Than a View. LOCAL iQ, 2 Jul–8 Aug, p 22.
Wir sind alle ein bisschen verloren. Weltkunst, no. 6, June, p 30-32.
Peschke, M., Raissa Venables. Photonews, no 5, May, p 18.
Kollros, P. Es schwankt der Boden. Südwestpresse, 20 Mar.
Wie reale Räume unwirklich erscheinen (pko), Südwestpresse, 18 Mar.
Otto, Wie in einem Filmtraum. Neue Ulmer Zeitung, 21 Mar, p 33.
Zollner, M., The Posessed Space. Phototechnik International, Jan/Feb, p 44-49.
Peschke, M., Unbehagen im Raum. fotoforum, Mar, p. 2-3.
Borowski, J., Gut geknipst. Financial Times Deutschland, 17 Feb, p 3

2005
Gordon, A., On The Town. The New York Sun, 25 Apr. p 24.

2004
Genochio, B., Three Facets of a Jersey City Jewel. The New York Times, 6 Feb, p 9.
Stein, C., Opened Rooms and Other Vessels. Photography-now, 2 Apr.
Meixner, C., Der bewegte Raum. Berliner Morgenpost, 15 May.
Unheimliche Räume. Berliner Morgenpost, 22 Apr, p 23.
Raumportraits. Berliner Zeitung, No. 94, 22 Apr, p 9.
Raumportraits, TAZ, Berlin, 28 Apr, p 28.
Schönes Spiel mit bösen Ängsten. – Ausstellung des Monats, Prinz Magazin, 22 Apr, p 134.
Surreal. – Vernissagen, Tagesspiegel, Ticket, 22-28 Apr, p 11.
Harley, l., The Walls Talk – Interview. The Exberliner, June, p 32.

2003
Kirsh, E., Arts shows: Joseph Nease Gallery, 5-year retrospective, The Kansas City Star
Grimes, E., Space Composed from the Mind’s Eye. Kansas City Review, Summer, p 103.
Trafton, R., Interior Reality. The Kansas City Star, 16 May, p 29-30.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Calder & Miles. The Belnord: One building, Two Hundred and Thirteen Homes. London: Julian
Calder Publishing, 2008 (featured on p 50-51).
Städel Museum, Frankfurt. REAL : Photographs from the Collection of the DZ Bank. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008 (featured on front & back cover, p 112-113).

2006
Kunstverein Ulm. Raïssa Venables. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2006.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2008
Tip, Dec 10-11, p 27.
Frankfurter Allegmeine Zeitung, 13 Jun, p 60.

2007
THE: Sante Fe’s Monthly Art Magazine, Jun, p 5.
SZ Galerie-Tipp, Süddeutschen Zeitung, 9 Jun.
Junge Freiheit, Nr. 24, June 8.
Krasse Optik! Rhein Neckar Zeitung, 5 Jun.
Die Rheinphalz, Nr. 59, 10 Mar.
Fotomagazin, Nr. 6, p 17.
Monopol, Magazin für Kunst und Leben, Nr. 5 May, p 122.

2006
Aktuell Kunst, Fachzeitschrift für Zeitgenössische Bildende Kunst, Aug/Oct, p 50.
Designer’s Digest, July/Aug, Katalogbesprechung.
Weickenmeier, A. In der Farbe liegt der Trost. Literaturen, Jul/Aug, p. 90-91.
Mayer, S. Vorher? Nachher?, Die Zeit, Nr. 28, 7 Jun, p 47.
Vogue (deutsch), Jun, p 112.
Tatlin, no 2 (32), p 12.
foto magazin, no 5, May, p 14.
Wahnhafte Welten. Elle (deutsch), Apr, p 318.
Raissa Venables. Wirtschaftswoche, 20 Mar, p 167.
Prinz, Feb/Mar, p 147.
Tip. Berlin, May, p 88.
Booknotes. Style, Apr.
Fremde Welten. Qvest, no 19, Mar/Apr, p 33.
Wirkungsvolle Farben. Top Drei Berlin, no 8, Mar 4, p 9.
Das Unheimlich im Alltag, Berliner Morgenpost, Mar 9, p 23.
foto Magazin, no 4, Apr, p 18.
online: www.kunstaspekte.de Termine: Mar 3.
online: www.berlinatnight.de unter: Kunst: mar 3.
TV production: SWR III, Kulturcafé, Mar 28.

GUEST LECTURES

2009
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

2008
Parsons MFA Program, New York, NY

2007
Roswell Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Eastern NM University, Portales, NM

2005
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

2004
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2003
Pratt College, Brooklyn, NY
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003 – Present
Photography Faculty, School of Visual Arts
Currently teaching digital photography in the BFA Photography Department at SVA
KLAUDIA MARR GALLERY
505-216-6438
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
art@klaudiamarrgallery.com

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